supplying two and the department of defense, i hope they are considering the new needs to keep people warm during the winter. and that is what russia is deliberately targeting. erwin, good to see you again, as always. by the way, early in the show because dr. fauci is a top retiring we gave a shutout to the doctors who helped us get through covid. and i want to thank you. you are one of. them you have been with us since the beginning of that conversation. hopefully we are on the other side of it. doctor irwin red letter is the founder for the national disaster preparedness center at columbia university. he s the cofounder of ukraine children s action project. if you want to donate to his organization, please go to www. dot ukraine see ap dot org. it s on the screen right. there we will tweet that as well so you know where to send your wishes to. help it is native american heritage help, where we celebrate the history of
york times bestselling, i alone can fix, it can be better, justice department reporter for the new york times. and, doctor irwin red, letter founding director of columbia s national center for disaster and preparedness, with advises us on public health. he s a professor of pediatrics at albert einstein college of medicine. thank you for being with us tonight. doctor red letter, let me start with you. on a normal night, the reporting out of defense one, there might be a new vaccine that can handle omicron and is structured the way that it can handle the covid virus. that s the biggest news. but we re dealing with an outbreak that s taking root faster than vaccines can fix it. good to see you. this is been a very extraordinary day in that sense. we now have omicron taking over the predominant strain, that s in our environment right now, it s a dangerous situation, it moves very very quickly, it